Lead Talent Acquisition Partner, Tech

To actively connect people to their next great opportunity.

ZipRecruiter is a leading online employment marketplace. Powered by AI-driven smart matching technology, the company actively connects millions of all-sized businesses and job seekers through innovative mobile, web, and email services, as well as through partnerships with the best job boards on the web. ZipRecruiter has the #1 rated job search app on iOS & Android.

• End-to-End Recruitment: Own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for complex technical roles, consistently generating a well-targeted and high-quality candidate pipeline while ensuring an exceptional candidate experience at every touchpoint.
• Advanced Sourcing: Consistently source passive candidates utilizing advanced Boolean search, X-Ray searching, and specialized AI sourcing tools, along with personalized outreach campaigns that yield a 20%+ candidate response rate.
• Data-Driven Process Improvement: Own the technical recruiting workstream by leveraging recruiting analytics and funnel insights to influence hiring decisions, identify bottlenecks, and drive continuous process improvements that reduce average time-to-hire for engineering roles by 10%.
• Recruitment Technology Innovation: Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our current recruitment platforms, while evaluating, piloting, and implementing new technologies (such as AI-driven sourcing and talent insight tools) to keep our hiring practices competitive.
• Team Mentorship & Influence: Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for technical recruiting, elevating the broader TA team's capabilities by conducting at least one advanced sourcing workshop or 'lunch-and-learn' per quarter and mentoring peers through regular reverse-shadowing sessions, leading through influence rather than direct management.
• Collaborative Partnership: Maintain continuous alignment on hiring goals and candidate profiles by leading weekly syncs with Engineering stakeholders.
• Technical Assessment & Outcomes: Leverage a deep understanding of software engineering stacks to accurately assess candidate technical depth during phone screens, resulting in a 50%+ screen-to-onsite conversion rate.
• Strategic Growth: Develop comprehensive staffing strategies and interview playbooks (ensuring 100% adoption of standardized, bias-mitigating scoring rubrics) for the Engineering department that serve as scalable templates for other departments.
• Market & Business Integration: Continuously build business knowledge and track industry trends for your client group, integrating this market intelligence with a broader understanding of ZipRecruiter products and business strategy.
• Compensation & Offer Management: Partner closely with our Compensation Team to build comprehensive total compensation offer letters, utilizing internal compensation philosophy while carefully balancing current market data and internal equity to secure top-tier talent, maintaining an 85%+ offer acceptance rate.
• Team Support: Support additional projects as needed.

• Based in the Los Angeles, CA or Phoenix, AZ metropolitan area.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience recruiting and sourcing software engineering candidates, ideally for a tech company.
• Proven success independently managing 10-15+ concurrent complex technical requisitions.
• Proficiency with Google Suite and Greenhouse ATS.
• Proven experience applying structured compensation philosophies, market data, and internal equity principles to construct and successfully close complex total compensation offers.
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders using data.
• Proven track record of recruiting highly sought-after, top-tier tech talent, consistently exceeding quarterly hiring targets, reducing time-to-hire for senior engineering roles, and maintaining exceptionally high hiring manager satisfaction scores.

• Based in the Los Angeles, CA or Phoenix, AZ metropolitan area, with the ability to work from one of our offices on occasion.
• Demonstrated ability to grasp complex business processes and understand how different cross-functional teams (e.g., Engineering, Product, Operations, Compensation) interrelate within a fast-paced tech environment.

• Competitive compensation
• Exceptional benefits package
• Flexible Vacation & Paid Time Off
• Employer-matched 401(k) plan

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The US base pay for this full-time position is $130,000.00 - $175,000.00 USD.

Depending on the position offered, equity, bonuses, commission, or other forms of compensation may also be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.